Removing the ‘start.aspx’ from links created by SharePoint

I have not posted for a long time! However, I have been on a slight learning curve. I have been designing a new style of branding for my internal Intranet. Unfortunately, I came under a bit of a problem when I started clicking the auto-generated links, such as the ‘home’  button, links to lists and documents … More Removing the ‘start.aspx’ from links created by SharePoint

SharePoint Content Database Migration – Missing Features and 404 Errors

This has been driving me crazy for a while now. Managed to migrate a SharePoint 2010 content database to SharePoint 2013 first time with little effort. But, to do it a second time – no. I was receiving a lot of errors saying that certain features were missing – some of which were not even … More SharePoint Content Database Migration – Missing Features and 404 Errors

Access Denied for Users after Database Migration from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

When I migrated the content databases from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013, a lot of standard users with Read-Only permissions could not access the SharePoint 2013 site. They got a great big dirty error of ‘Access Denied’. The user was allowed to request access, but even if access was granted, they were still faced with … More Access Denied for Users after Database Migration from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

Making a WebPart ‘Safe’ via SafeControls

When you are creating web parts and you try to look at it in another browser, you are sometimes prompted with this unwanted message: Web Part Error: A Web Part or Web Form Control on this Page cannot be displayed or imported. The type <Name of your WebPart>, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c7317cce5826e891 could not be found … More Making a WebPart ‘Safe’ via SafeControls